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Thomas Sully: The Passage of the Delaware  wikidata:Q20776279 reasonator:Q20776279
Artist
Thomas Sully  (1783–1872)  wikidata:Q786545
 
Thomas Sully
Alternative names
Sully; thos sully; sully thos; sully t.; thos. sully
Description American painter
Date of birth/death 19 June 1783 / 8 June 1783 Edit this at Wikidata 5 November 1872 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Horncastle (England) Philadelphia Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q786545
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The Passage of the Delaware Edit this at Wikidata
label QS:Len,"The Passage of the Delaware"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre history painting Edit this at Wikidata
Depicted people George Washington Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1819
date QS:P571,+1819-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 146.5 in (372.1 cm); width: 207 in (525.7 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,146.5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,207U218593
institution QS:P195,Q49133
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Place of creation United States of America Edit this at Wikidata
Notes

"The Passage of the Delaware was commissioned by the state of North Carolina for the Senate Hall of the State House in Raleigh. ...Sully's painting was never hung in the State House. Although Sully had corresponded with the North Carolina governor regarding the dimensions of his canvas, he had already begun painting by the time he received a reply. The final composition was too large to fit in any of the spaces of the Senate Hall. Instead, shortly after its completion, the artist sold the painting to John Doggett, a Boston frame maker who also exhibited pictures. It was purchased from Doggett before 1841 by the Boston Museum-no relation to the Museum of Fine Arts, but rather a theater with a picture gallery located on Tremont Street-where it remained until 1903, when the owners gave it to the MFA."-- [1]

"This text was adapted from Davis, et al., MFA Highlights: American Painting (Boston, 2003)."
References Museum of Fine Arts, Boston object ID: 31231 Edit this at Wikidata
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